Innovating With The Unchanging God; Beyond The Creative Status Quo.
21st-century creativity alongside a timeless God.
"Innovation is the unrelenting drive to break the status quo and develop anew where few have dared to go." - Steven Jeffes (Marketing & Business Expert)
Who comes to mind when you read this quote?
Perhaps Marco Polo, Da Vinci, Einstein, Edison, Marie Curie, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Kanye, or Taylor Swift?
But innovation isn't limited to individuals; companies like Google, Netflix, and Apple, and restaurants like Noma, embody it too.
Forbes cites the world's most innovative companies in their article of the same name.
How about churches?
Names like Saints, Passion, Hillsong, and St Aldates, or individuals like Erwin McManus, Louie Giglio, Frances Chan, John Mark Comer, Eugene Pettersen, and NT Wright all spring to mind.
What do they have in common?
Maybe it's:
A willingness to go against the flow,
To try new things,
To dream,
To take risks,
To be bold,
And to value the unconventional.
So here’s the real question…
Is God innovative?
We’ve been asking ourselves this question recently.
God must be innovative, right? Or is ‘innovation’ a 21st-century concept?
If there is nothing new under the sun, then where is God’s innovation?